Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy

Project Information

OPTICON

Grant agreement ID: 226604

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2009

End date 31 December 2012

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Total cost € 13 232 029,71

EU contribution € 10 000 000,00

Coordinated by

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Objective

The Optical Infrared Coordination Network for astronomy brings together all the national and international agencies and organisations which fund, support, develop and operate Europe's facilities for optical and infrared astronomy, both night-time - callsical astronomy- and daytime - solar astronomy. Opticon provides a framework allowing joint action to improve the quality of Europe's infrastructures, to train new astronomers, especially those from Central Europe, in modern new research methods, to develop innovative technologies to enhance research quality, to plan for future developments, and to work towards a strategic plan for Europe's future research infrastructures.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › space exploration
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › observational astronomy › infrared astronomy

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Keywords

• astronomy
• community development
• european coordination
• research excellence
• strategic planning
• technology development

Programme(s)

• FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research infrastructures

Topic(s)

• INFRA-2008-1.1.1 - Bottom-up approach: Integrating Activities in all scientific and technological fields

Call for proposal

FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSA

Coordinator

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

• EU contribution: € 755 698,23
• Address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge ; United Kingdom
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

Participants (21)

EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY - ESO EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Germany

• EU contribution: € 2 477 716,63
• Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 ; 85748 Garching
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Landkreis
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 1 358 668,50
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Hauts-de-Seine
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 430 711,60
• Address: VIALE DEL PARCO MELLINI 84 ; 00136 Roma
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 624 796,55
• Address: HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 ; 80539 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 1 492 951,43
• Address: Polaris House North Star Avenue ; SN2 1SZ SWINDON
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS

Spain

• EU contribution: € 117 922,44
• Address: CALLE VIA LACTEA ; 38205 San Cristobal De La Laguna
• Region: Canarias › Canarias › Tenerife
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

STIFTUNG LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR SONNENPHYSIK (KIS)

Germany

• EU contribution: € 277 137,80
• Address: SCHONECKSTRASSE 6 ; 79104 FREIBURG
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Freiburg › Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

KUNGL. VETENSKAPSAKADEMIEN KVA

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 103 874,40
• Address: LILLA FRESCATIVAGEN 4A ; 104 05 Stockholm
• Region: Östra Sverige › Stockholm › Stockholms län
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

Australia

• EU contribution: € 391 451,25
• Address: BINARA STREET INDUSTRY HOUSE 10 ; 2601 CANBERRA CITY ACT
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 121 590,00
• Address: LUND OBSERVATORY, SOLVEGATAN 27 ; 221 00 LUND
• Region: Södra Sverige › Sydsverige › Skåne län
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

THEMIS S.L.

Spain

• EU contribution: € 45 269,28
• Address: CALLE VIA LACTEA ; 38205 SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

ETHNIKO ASTEROSKOPEIO ATHINON

Greece

• EU contribution: € 45 269,15
• Address: LOFOS NYMFON ; 11810 Athina
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 56 851,20
• Address: RODNEY STREET 2 EGERTON COURT ; L3 5UX Liverpool
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES

France

• EU contribution: € 385 000,00
• Address: CHEMIN DE LA HUNIERE ; 91120 Palaiseau
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Essonne
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 124 999,50
• Address: RUE JAQUET DROZ 1 ; 2000 Neuchatel
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Espace Mittelland › Neuchâtel
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 340 092,50
• Address: HEIDELBERGLAAN 8 ; 3584 CS Utrecht
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO

Portugal

• EU contribution: € 169 999,60
• Address: PRACA GOMES TEIXEIRA ; 4099-002 Porto
• Region: Continente › Norte › Área Metropolitana do Porto
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Italy

• EU contribution: € 60 000,00
• Address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 ; 20133 Milano
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Milano
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 406 000,00
• Address: STOCKTON ROAD THE PALATINE CENTRE ; DH1 3LE Durham
• Region: North East (England) › Tees Valley and Durham › Durham CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY

Ireland

• EU contribution: € 113 999,94
• Address: UNIVERSITY ROAD ; H91 Galway
• Region: Ireland › Northern and Western › West
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING ASTRONOMISCH ONDERZOEK IN NEDERLAND

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 100 000,00
• Address: Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 ; 7991PD DWINGELOO
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Total cost: No data